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Shoreditch 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Rag Flock.
The legal provisions in respect of rag flock are now contained in the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 136.
During the year 32 samples of rag flock were submitted to the Public Analyst.
All complied with the legal standard of not more than 30 parts of chlorine per 100,000
parts. The amount of chlorine varied from 1 to 24, the average being 7-5 parts
per 100,000.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Factories are dealt with by H.M. Inspectors of Factories and workshops by
the officers of the Borough Council. Certain sanitary defects occurring in factories
are however only iemediable under the Public Health Act, and these are referred
by H.M. Inspectors to the Health Department.
The number of workshops, exclusive of bakehouses, on the register at the end
of 1935 was 1,559. The number added to the register during the year under
consideration was 33, the number removed was 17, and the number on the register at
the end of 1936 was 1,575.
A classification of the workshops on the register at the end of the year is contained
in the following table:—
Registered Workshops—1936.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| (1) | Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades. | 1,067 |
| (a) Cabinet making 620 (c) Upholstery 130 | ||
| (b) French polishing 182 (d) Other workers 135 | ||
| (2) | Dress | 167 |
| (a) Tailoring 76 (e) Shirt making | ||
| (b) Mantles 8 (f) Boot and shoe trades 22 | ||
| (c) Dress 17 (g) Artificial flowers 3 | ||
| (d) Millinery 9 (h) Other workers 32 | ||
| (3) | Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 49 |
| (a) Furriers 23 (c) Feathers 1 | ||
| (b) Saddlery and Harness 8 (d) Other workers 17 | ||
| (4) | Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 39 |
| (a) Box and bag makers 33 (b) Other workers 6 | ||
| (5) | Laundry and washing | 3 |
| (6) | Food | 12 |
| (7) | Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 84 |
| (8) | Precious metals, jewels, &c. | 1 |
| (9) | Other trades than those mentioned above | 153 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,575 | |
Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in
use at the end of the year was 42, including 35 factory bakehouses.